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Can I pray in my car if I don't feel safe praying outside?

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Can I pray in the car? In the worst case, yes

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Segment 47 of 57 in the recording2021-02-16-S47

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Yes: in the worst case, if you need to or do not feel safe praying outside, you can pray in your car.

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A super chat asks whether praying in a car is allowed, either because of a particular job or because one does not feel safe praying in a parking lot. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the worst case, if one needs to pray in a car, one can, God willing. He names not feeling safe, or things like that, as such a case.

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Is praying in a car allowed, either because of a particular job or not feeling safe praying in a parking lot?

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Mufti Abu Layth says that in the worst case, if one needs to pray in a car or does not feel safe, one can.

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“you know worst case if you need to pray in a car you know if you're not feeling safe or things like that you can inshallah”

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makkah just a bunny um invention and i've highlighted that that would have been impossible because you see it's not just the sunnis the shia were anti-pani umayya and the ibadis were anti-bani umayya there's no way that these three traditions which have continued till today would agree to replace makkah with a different city and replace the hajj with a different location and they would all agree on it that's impossible so this triangulation method is good in ascertaining certain um

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you know when we want to corroborate certain evidence cool right uh how is it all right some super chat is praying in a car aloud either because of a particular job or not feeling safe praying in a parking lot you know worst case if you need to pray in a car you know if you're not feeling safe or things like that you can inshallah how is it fear that kids are not held accountable when they cause

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lifelong harm to other kids bullying much love from new zealand experiments has super chatted much love to use take care stay blessed you're doing it man yeah it is cruel and it's not that kids are not accountable they are but you see so when people say kids are not accountable that's not what they mean that they have free reign so if a kid went and stabbed another kid they would be accountable and you have this and imam alex fatawa of uh shahada to sebian is all about this that when

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, February 16). Can I pray in my car if I don't feel safe praying outside? [Video, segment 2021-02-16-S47, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/47/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Can I pray in my car if I don't feel safe praying outside?" Video, segment 2021-02-16-S47, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded February 16, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/47/

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